Timmy Murphy was taken to hospital last night with a suspected broken collar-bone after a fall at Exeter. He is the second high-profile jump jockey put on the sidelines by injury in as many days, following Monday's news that Ruby Walsh is out until the weekend with a foot injury.

"He hit the ground quite hard," said Murphy's agent, Chris Broad. "It's one of those things that could mean three to four weeks out of action, though if it's not broken he would be back for Cheltenham [at the end of next week]."

Murphy was recently inactive for two months after dislocating his left shoulder at Newton Abbot in July. The damage this time is to his right collar-bone and may mean that he misses the ride on Well Chief at Cheltenham's Paddy Power meeting.

Planet Of Sound rallied strongly to win Exeter's big race, the William Hill Gold Cup, beating Cornas and Twist Magic. The winner was third in the Arkle last season and is 16-1 for the Ryanair Chase, his most likely Cheltenham Festival target.

Frederik Tylicki restored his lead to two over David Probert in the apprentice jockeys' title race with a winner at Catterick. Probert has seven rides today, while Tylicki must make do with three.

Godolphin were second in the Melbourne Cup for the third time in a decade in the early hours of yesterday morning. Crime Scene carried their colours into the lead close home, only to be passed by the locally trained Shocking, a 9-1 winner. Ian Williams' Munsef and Luca Cumani's Basaltico finished down the field.